diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d9df014e..ecdc82760 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
     </modules>
 
     <properties>
-        <spring.version>3.1.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <spring.version>5.2.21.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <ehcache.version>2.2.0</ehcache.version>
         <clover.version>3.0.2</clover.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.1</slf4j.version>